Jonathan Lethem

Wednesday, March 20, 7:30 PM Long Island University presents Jonathan Lethem In conversation with author and professor Jessica Hagedorn

Greenlight is proud to partner with Long Island University’s MFA Creative Writing Program to co-sponsor a reading and discussion by one of Brooklyn’s most famous native sons, Jonathan Lethem. The author of Motherless Brooklyn, Fortress of solitude, Chronic City, and other acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction will read and discuss his work with Jessica Hagedorn, the Parsons Family Professor of Creative Writing at LIU and author of Dogeaters, Toxicology and other works. A signing will follow the event.

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Join us for our new staff run book club - Staff Favorites book club. The first club meets Wednesday, January 30 at 6pm to discuss Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn.

From America's most inventive novelist, Jonathan Lethem, comes this compelling and compulsive riff on the classic detective novel.

Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and rip apart our language in startling and original ways. Together with three veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cum detective agency. Life without Frank Minna, the charismatic King of Brooklyn, would be unimaginable, so who cares if the tasks he sets them are, well, not exactly legal. But when Frank is fatally stabbed, one of Lionel's colleagues lands in jail, the other two vie for his position, and the victim's widow skips town. Lionel's world is suddenly topsy-turvy, and this outcast who has trouble even conversing attempts to untangle the threads of the case while trying to keep the words straight in his head. Motherless Brooklyn is a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.

About the Author

Jonathan Lethem is the author of six novels, including the best sellers The Fortress of Solitude, which was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice for one of the best books of 2003, and Mother Brooklyn, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named novel of the year by Esquire, McSweeney's, Tin House, The New York TImes, the Paris Review, and a variety of other periodicals and anthologies. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and in Maine.

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October 6, 2012. 11am-5pm Off The Beaten Path is Proud to be The Official Bookseller for Literary Sojourn Literary Sojourn is an annual festival of authors and readers celebrating the power of the book. Each fall, an esteemed slate of authors and 500 book lovers from all over the country gather in Steamboat Springs, Colorado at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort. Together they revel in the written word, fueled by award-winning writers who share the stories and inspiration behind their exceptional books. Tickets sell (out!) really fast! Contact the Bud Werner Memorial Library to join the mailing list... Off The Beaten Path carries the works of past and future Literary Sojourn authors year-round, both in store and online. Buy Books From Off the Beaten Path & Support Literary Sojourn Why buy from Off the Beaten Path? A portion of the proceeds from all sales of current Literary Sojourn authors’ books are donated to this non-profit event. Book sales through the Literary Sojourn official bookseller are an important factor in a publisher’s decision to support an author’s participation at the Sojourn. Your purchase from Off the Beaten Path ensures that Literary Sojourn will continue to thrive with the brilliant authors and compelling reads you’ve come to expect. This year, we are proud to host Tom Perrotta, Kathryn Harrison, Hillary Jordan, Jonathan Lethem, and Laura Lippman, as well as Master of Ceremonies Andrew Sean Greer! 2012 Literary Sojourn Master of Ceremonies Mr. Greer is returning to Steamboat as Master of Ceremonies for Literary Sojourn after winning the PEN O'Henry short story prize among many other prestigious awards. He is the author of the bestselling The Story of Marriage, as well as The Confessions of Max Tivoli, The Path of Minor Planets, and a collection of short stories, How It Was for Me. He has been published and anthologized nationally and internationally and is currently the writer in residence in Aspen, Colorado. A list of his other works and various awards is available here. The Story of Marriage The Confessions of Max Tivoli The Path of Minor Planets How It Was for Me 2012 Literary Sojourn Authors Tom Perrotta Perrotta is a bestselling author who studied writing under Thomas Berger and Tobias Wolff before teaching creative writing at Yale and Harvard. The New York Times Book Review calls him “An American Chekhov whose characters, even at their most ridiculous, seem blessed and ennobled by a luminous human aura." His most recent book, The Leftovers, is set after the rapture in a small New Jersey suburb as families left behind are muddling through their lives. Stephen King calls it “the best Twilight Zone episode you never saw…" Also available on his website are a myriad of articles he's written for various magazines and publications. Give these a read before seeing him at Literary Sojourn! The Leftovers The Abstinence Teacher Little Children Joe College Election The Wishbones Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies Hillary Jordan When Jordan writes, she undertakes controversial issues and presents them to readers in compelling storylines. Her first book, Mudbound, deals with racism and prejudice in the 1940s Mississippi Delta. The book won the Bellweather Prize in 2006 and was hailed by Stewart O'Nan as a "...page turner - a tangle of history, tragedy and romance powered by guilt, moral indignation, and a near chorus of unstoppable voices." When she woke is Jordan's newest book, an amazing blend of The Scarlet Letter and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Dealing with a futuristic society in which criminals have their skin pigmented to reflect the nature of their crimes, Jordan gives a fresh face to a controversial issue. The New York Times called the book "...a feverishly conceived dystopia..." Keep abreast of Hillary's activities and newest books at her website. Kathryn Harrison Harrison is the author of seven novels, three memoirs, a biography of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a story of true crime and a collection of essays. Her New York Times bestselling memoir The Kiss, is a story of taboo and family complicity in breaking taboo during the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman’s life. Her work appears in publications including the New York Times Book Review, New Yorker, Harper’s, Vogue, O! The Oprah Magazine and More. Kathryn Harrison’s new novel is Enchantments, a mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that recalls the fall of Russia’s legendary dynasty, the Romanov Empire, as seen through the eyes of Rasputin’s daughter. Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan calls the story “sumptuous…a kaleidoscope breadth of historical detail with the sensuous, transporting prose that is Kathryn Harrison’s trademark.” Enchantments While they slept Envy The Mother Knot: A Memoir The road to Santiago Saint Therese of Lisieux (Out of Print New; available Used) Seeking rapture The Seal Wife The Binding Chair The Kiss: A Memoir Poison Exposure Thicker Than Water Laura Lippman Laura Lippman has been hailed by the Washington Post as "...one of the best novelists around, period." She writes the widely recognized Tess Monaghan series, which is set in her native Baltimore, as well as several stand alone novels, most recently The Girl in the Green Raincoat and The Most Dangerous Thing. Starting her career as a journalist, she wrote for the Baltimore Sun after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and churned out seven of her Tess Monaghan novels while still writing daily journalism. Learn more about Laura at her official website. Tess Monaghan Series Baltimore Blues Charm City Butchers Hill In Big Trouble The Sugar House In a Strange City The Last Place By a Spider's Thread No Good Deeds Another Thing to Fall The Girl in the Green Raincoat Every Secret Thing To the Power of Three What the Dead Know Hardly knew her (A short story anthology) Life Sentences I'd Know You Anywhere The Most Dangerous Thing Johnathan Lethem Lethem is a nationally acclaimed author, having won the Nebula Award as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award for his writing. His social commentaries cover a broad range of topics from cinema, drugs, cyberculture, and book touring, among many other subjects. He is noted by the LA Times as "...one of our most perceptive cultural critics...his insights buffeted by his descriptive imagination." Lethem's 19 book canon includes genre-mixed books like Gun, with Occasional Music, Motherless Brooklyn, Fortress of solitude, and Chronic City. His most recent book, The Ecstasy of Influence is a collection of nonfiction essays described on his website as "a cornucopia of remarks on art, plagiarism, used bookstores, James Brown, Nathanael West, Norman Mailer, graffiti, Donald Sutherland's buttocks, the difference between White Elephants and Termites, why superhero movies are no genre at all, and the problem of being a novelist in the 21st century." Gun, with Occasional Music Poor George The Vintage Book of Amnesia The wall of the sky, the wall of the eye Amnesia moon Girl in Landscape As She Climbed Across the Table Talking Heads' Fear of Music Men and cartoons Fortess of Solitude Chronic City Motherless Brooklyn The Ecstasy of Influence For more books Lethem has collaborated on, click here. 2010 Literary Sojourn Authors Wally Lamb Chris Cleave Lori Lansens Frank Delaney Chitra Banerj Divakaruni Dan Chaon 2011 Literary Sojourn Authors Paula McClain Julie Orringer Jennifer Egan Peter Matthiessen Jim Shepard Julia Glass

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Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Seated Diesels back to the store to discuss Chronic City By Jonathan Lethem on Tuesday, July 17th at 7pm.

The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies. Like Manhattan itself, Lethem's book is beautiful and tawdry, devastating and antic, a stand-in for the whole world and a place utterly unique.

This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!

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Tuesday, May 15, 7:30 PM Greenlight Fiction Book Group discusses Motherless Brooklyn

Led by former Greenlight staffer Natalie, this book group discusses paperback fiction; in 2012, the group is focusing on award winners and under-the-radar gems. For May, the Fiction Book Group discusses Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn, a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel, and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. The novel's protagonist is Lionel Essrog, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to rip apart language in startling and original ways. Lionel works for small-time mobster Frank Minna, the charismatic King of Brooklyn; when Frank is fatally stabbed, Lionel's world is suddenly topsy-turvy, and this outcast who has trouble even conversing attempts to untangle the threads of the case while trying to keep the words straight in his head.

Jonathan Lethem will join the book club via phone to answer questions live about his book; don't miss the chance for discussion with fellow book lovers and the author himself!

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Jonathan Lethem signs Chronic City.

Chronic City reading and signing. The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies. Like Manhattan itself, Jonathan Lethem's masterpiece is beautiful and tawdry, tragic and forgiving, devastating and antic, a stand-in for the whole world and a place utterly unique. Lethem is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE and MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN. (PhoenixTerran)… (more)